Night fell, the imperial study of Chang'an Zichen Hall was still brightly lit, Zhang Huan stared at the sand table in front of him for a long time, he just got the news of the 20,000 food army missing in the north of Broken Leaf this afternoon, the 20,000 army attacked Ashi Bulai City unsuccessfully, and turned to the north to bypass Qianquan Mountain, attacked the hinterland of the Yili River, occupied the Demon Dragon City and Yili City, and cut off the connection between the North Courtyard and the broken leaves, but then suddenly disappeared, the whereabouts of the 20,000 people made Zhang Huan deeply worried, He was very worried that Hui Hui would respond to the military action of the Great Food and attack Beiting on a large scale, and the 20,000 Great Food Army was a side response, it could not be said that there was no such possibility, otherwise what was the purpose of the 20,000 people of the Great Food to march into the Yili River Valley?

This afternoon, he received news from Gongyue City that the scouts of the 20,000 Great Food Army appeared near Gongyue City, and the development of the situation seemed to confirm his fears, and the Great Food showed signs of attacking the North Court.

Zhang Huan paced slowly in the study with his hands behind his back, since the outbreak of the Battle of Broken Leaves, he has been paying attention to this battle that determines the fate of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty every day, but the development of things is also somewhat unexpected by him, that is, the strength of the Great Eater's national strength, the pigeon letter from the Broken Leaf, the Great Cannibal has used an army of 300,000, not including the most elite guards of the Great Cannibal

Not only that, from the beginning of a month before the outbreak of the war, until now, the delivery of various materials of Dashi has never been interrupted, although Datang is also like this, but these days Zhang Huan has felt some difficulty, the problem is from the waterlogging in the Huai River basin and the drought in Guanzhong, the Huai River rain at the end of this summer is abnormally concentrated, resulting in the Huai River bursting, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land were flooded, millions of people were affected, and the problem of the Huai River has not been smoothed out. There has been another drought in Guanzhong, and it has not rained for three months since June. Although the imperial court urgently transferred millions of stone of grain from Bashu and Jingxiang for emergency, the unfavorable news caused panic in the psychology of the people, and the price of grain in Chang'an has exceeded 100 wen per bucket. Many grain shops have even shown reluctance to sell land.

There are still 800,000 stone grain in Taicang in Chang'an, followed by some grain stocks in Hedong, Bashu, Shannan, and eastern Zhejiang. But it will be a little nervous to maintain until June next year, although Longyou still has five million stone official grain, but it is a reserve for the Broken Leaf War, and it cannot be moved anyway, and now Zhang Huan is worried that the Beiting War will break out. Datang's supplies are really a bit stretched.

In any case, the Beiting War between the Tang and Hui could not break out again, and with the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, it was now impossible to deal with two large-scale wars at the same time. That's his bottom line.

At this time, a eunuch came to report that King Yongfu had arrived and was waiting outside the palace.

King Yong is Zhang Huan's eldest son Li Qi, and King Yongfu is Li Mi, Zhang Huan was in good spirits, and immediately ordered: "Summons Li Xuefu to come to see me immediately." ”

Soon, Li Mi hurriedly walked into Zhang Huan's imperial study, although Li Mi had gradually participated in many major military decisions in the Tang Dynasty as the prince of Yong, but he still maintained a low-key style. If it weren't for Zhang Huan's summoning. He will never participate in any important meeting, and Zhang Huan urgently summoned him today. He knew that there must be something important to discuss with him.

"Weichen see His Majesty the Emperor!" Li Mi came in and gave a deep salute, and his attitude was very humble.

Zhang Huan nodded, this is an advantage of Li Yudi, no matter how he reuses him, no matter how the important ministers admire him, he has always maintained a humble attitude, no matter who he is, he has no pampered and arrogant attitude, he has never heard a complaint about him since he ascended the throne for five years.

"Xuefu Li, please take a seat." Zhang Huan invited Li Mi to sit down, and he also sat down, not talking about state affairs, but smiled slightly: "I heard that Qi'er has been working hard lately, and she is tired of Mr. ”

"His Royal Highness King Yong is a piece of beautiful jade, the minister's qualifications are dull, he can only be a jade person, and if he really wants to make the beautiful jade shine, he still needs His Majesty's words and deeds to teach and lead by example."

Zhang Huan knew that he was implicitly persuading himself, so he smiled, and the topic changed to today's topic, "I invited Mr. General here today, mainly because I want to discuss the matter of returning to Mr. ”

"Huihu?" Li Mi was slightly stunned, "Did something happen to Hui Hui?" ”

"Nothing has happened yet, but I'm afraid it will." Zhang Huan sighed lightly, then walked quickly to the wall, brushed the ground and opened the curtain, revealing a map of the Western Regions.

He pointed to Ashbulai City with a wooden pole, and followed the eastward route of the 20,000 Great Eclipse Cavalry to Gongyue City, "I have been concerned about the movement of the 20,000 Great Eclipse Cavalry, they originally wanted to capture Ashi Bulai City, but suddenly changed their minds, bypassed Qianquan Mountain and approached the Yili River Valley, and occupied Demon Dragon City and Yili City successively, today I just got the news that its vanguard has appeared outside Gongyue City, I suspect that they want to attack Beiting jointly with Hui Hui, if that's the case, I'm very worried!" I'm afraid that the current national strength of Datang cannot support two fronts to fight at the same time. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mi already understood what the emperor meant, he let himself come up with a countermeasure to prevent Hui Hui from sending troops, Li Mi walked to the map, stared at the map and pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "The minister thinks that the initial task of these 20,000 cavalry should be to capture the city of Ashi Bulai, and the march to the Yili River is only a temporary decision, of course, it can also be said the other way around, the capture of the city of Ashi Bulai is just a false shot, their real goal is to seize the Yili River valley, but no matter what the reason, it contains a kind of trickery, tricksters, and weak hearts!" If the Great Cannibals really reached some kind of agreement with the Uighurs, they would definitely send troops in an upright manner, and would not be sneaky like this, making the Uighurs doubt their sincerity. ”

"You mean that there is actually no agreement between the Great Food and the Hui Hui, but that the Great Cannibal deliberately made a posture of attacking the North Court and misleading our decision?"

Li Yu nodded, "I thought this was similar to His Majesty's plan to take Tochar, they not only wanted to freeze His Majesty's reinforcements that were ready to receive Broken Leaves, but even sent a strong willingness to cooperate with the Hui people, maybe the Hui people really couldn't stand this temptation and sent troops to the North Court, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, the big cannibal is really a fierce enemy!" ”

Zhang Huan silently stared at the map, he had to admit that Li Yu had seen it thoroughly, and it was very likely that this was the case, and the big cannibal took advantage of the Hui Hui momentum. With only 20,000 troops, he froze the 80,000 people he deployed in Beiting, and the 60,000 Tang army in Shule was restrained by the Tocharian Great Food Army. And this small army of 20,000 may really be able to bet on the lottery, attracting Hui people to attack Beiting.

Suddenly, Zhang Huan realized. He glanced at it quickly and saw Li Mi twisting his beard and smiling. Knowing that he had already made up his mind, he feigned anger and said, "If the gentleman has something to think, why doesn't he say it?" Do I want to beg you? ”

"I don't dare."

Li Mi hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then said frankly: "The minister has considered the three strategies of the upper, middle and lower levels, which can be used as a reference for Your Majesty. ”

There are actually three strategies? Great interest flashed in Zhang Huandi's eyes. "Sir, please speak first."

"The best strategy is to win over the pro-Tang faction of the Hui and let them persuade the Hui Khan not to take the Tang Dynasty as an enemy. Inevitably, the imperial court can also send them some more food to envelop them

The best strategy is a yang scheme, which is feasible, but Zhang Huan doesn't want to send any more food, the Hui people are greedy, they can't feed the wolves, and if they send less, they will hold grudges, and if they send too much, they will not only pamper him to ask for more food, but also the people in their own country are not enough! He groaned. Then he asked, "What about the middle strategy?" ”

"Please let Your Majesty Rong Chen say the next step first. The minister's next strategy was to continue to transfer troops to the North Court, and use enough troops to intimidate the Hui people not to dare to send troops without authorization. ”

didn't wait for Li Mi to finish speaking. Zhang Huan shook his head and denied it, not to mention that the financial resources of the imperial court can no longer afford to send troops to Beiting, even if they reluctantly send troops, but the Hui people are extremely mobile, if they don't fight Beiting, but instead attack Shuofang and Hebei, what should they do? Do you want to bring the soldiers back again? The key is to let Hui Hui not send troops.

"Sir, let's just say the middle policy!"

In fact, the middle strategy is Li Mi's real idea, if the best strategy is a yang strategy, but the middle strategy is a conspiracy against the best policy, he sorted out his thoughts a little, and Fang Xu said: "The minister's middle strategy is actually Zhang Yi's plan to say that King Chu Huai!" ”

Zhang Huan seemed to have understood something, but he remained silent and let Li Mi continue.

"In the past, Zhang Yi took advantage of the greedy nature and vacillating position of King Chu Huai, promised King Chu Huai heavy benefits, and induced him to break off the idea of attacking Qin, which is similar to today's Hui Hui, Hui Hui used the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food to fight, to take advantage of the fisherman, and suddenly married the Tang Dynasty princess to blackmail the Great Food, and suddenly accepted the sister of the Great Food to blackmail the Tang Dynasty, this typical two-faced method, the mouth of the King of Chu Huai, so this time the Great Food Tun soldiers in Gongyue City, Hui Hui will definitely make some moves, if the minister is not bad, it should be to lead the troops and not send, and extort the Tang Dynasty fiercely, His Majesty can take advantage of his greed and instability, promise heavy profits, and feign actions to confuse his heart, and drag it until the Battle of Broken Leaf is won, and then His Majesty orders him to exchange horses for food, on the contrary, if the Battle of Broken Leaf is lost, His Majesty will really fulfill his promise, in order to seek the two families to jointly deal with the eastward advance of the Great Food. ^^, UC eBook, First Release ^^"

Zhang Huan put his hands behind his back and slowly walked to the window, he stared at the night outside the window and was silent for a long time, this plan can be feasible for a while, but in the long run, he will lose his trust in Hui, and sooner or later it will be pushed to the big food, he really can't make up his mind.

Li Mi seemed to understand Zhang Huan's worries, he smiled and added: "Your Majesty may be worried about losing your trust in Hui, and the minister also admits that this possibility is very great, but the minister thinks that the relationship between countries is more determined by strength, Zhang Yi deceived King Chu Huai, and no one in the world said that King Qin was untrustworthy, but laughed at King Chu Huai's stupidity, why is this?" Similarly, if the Tang Dynasty is not complete, even if it sends back millions of silks every year, benevolence and righteousness are exhausted, it will still swing its knife to the south and drink the horse in the Central Plains, just like after the Di'an History Rebellion, but if the Tang Dynasty is strong, even if it is coaxed a hundred times, it will still obediently lead the horse and hand the saddle for the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty, the Hui people have always believed in hard fists, not soft-hearted! ”

Zhang Huan didn't speak for a long time, he suddenly smiled, turned around slowly, and said lightly to Li Yu: "I'm not worried about this, I'm the King of Qin, and the person who did this should be Zhang Yi." ”

Finished the meeting with Li Yudi, Zhang Huan simply cleaned up, ready to return to the palace, his personal eunuch An Zhongshun is sick today, temporarily replaced by a eunuch, called Ma Yuanying, very clever and capable, it turned out to be the eunuch of Luoyang Palace, after Luoyang Palace was closed three years ago, all the palace eunuchs were incorporated into Chang'an Daming Palace, Ma Yuanying was assigned to Zhang Huan's imperial study to clean up the debris, his smart and clever made Zhang Huan slowly remember him, and he was transferred to one of his personal eunuchs, because he knew the humility and knew the good and bad. and An Zhongshun and others get along quite well.

He opened the door of Long Yuan's car, and Zhang Huan sat inside. The carriage slowly drove towards the inner palace, and the carriage could be lit with lights, but Zhang Huan was tired for a day. Taking advantage of this brief opportunity to close his eyes and recuperate, he was half-lying on the soft mattress and kept his eyes closed. The moonlight did not shine out from the gap in the curtain of the car, shining on him, flickering and dimming, but Ma Yuanying, who was waiting in front, looked a little worried, holding a book in his hand. I don't know what to do, this book was given to him by Cui Yusai, a servant of the household department. asked him to transfer it to the emperor on the way back to the palace, but now he can't take it.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Huan's eyes opened slightly, and he had already seen that Ma Yuanying was uneasy.

"Your Majesty, just now Cui Xiangguo gave the slave a copy of the book, and let the slave transfer it to Your Majesty."

"Why didn't you take it out sooner?" There was already displeasure in Zhang Huan's tone.

Ma Yuanying panicked, and hurriedly stammered and explained: "It was Cui Xiangguo who did not allow the slave to take it out, and specified that the slave should be given to His Majesty now." ”

Zhang Huan sat up suddenly, what kind of twist and turn made Cui Yu so mysterious, "Take it to me!" ”

The floor lights in the car were lit, and Zhang Huan took over this seemingly ordinary book. Just opened. The folded sub-page inside fell off suddenly, not because it wasn't glued properly. It's that it's too long, folded four or five times, and falls off a foot long.

Generally speaking, there is only a small page with the concise and concise opinions of Xiangguo and his subordinates, and a subpage like this one-foot-long is the first time Zhang Huan has seen it since he ascended the throne.

Zhang Huan's heart was slightly surprised, the sub-page was full of the report seal of the Zhongshu Province and the rejection seal of the Menxia Province, from these sub-pages covered with red seals and densely filled with small characters, it can be seen that the tug-of-war between the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia Province on this is unprecedented, he turned two pages, but his face sank suddenly, this is actually a book that strongly opposes the Battle of Broken Leaves.

Zhang Huan turned back to the front again, looked at the signature of the person who folded up, Lu Yan, the county lieutenant of Wugong County, and couldn't help frowning, he was actually a small sesame official from the eighth grade, although the official position was humble, but he was the first person to openly oppose the Broken Leaf War.

Wechen is playing for the third time, and I hope Your Majesty can hear Wechen's heartfelt words

Zhang Huan had a gloomy face, page by page to see the end of the folds, snapped the folds together, and threw them aside, he was extremely annoyed in his heart, and pointed out sharply in the folds that the broken leaf silver mine was just an excuse, and the real reason for launching the Broken Leaf War was to satisfy the vanity and unrealistic imperial glory of the superiors, but he did not hesitate to exhaust the little material resources that the Tang Dynasty had just accumulated.

To satisfy the vanity of the superior, who is the superior, doesn't it mean that he, the son of the Tang Dynasty? A small county lieutenant from Bapin, who dared to accuse him of fighting to satisfy his vanity, didn't he know that he was respectful and orderly? Didn't he know the importance of the Broken Leaf Silver Mine to Datang's finances?

The whole country is for the dignity of the country regardless of personal gains and losses, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military exhausted their efforts, hundreds of thousands of soldiers abandoned their wives and children to go to the front line of the Western Regions, the battle of broken leaves has become a stalemate, every move affects the hearts of the people, and this person does not offer advice and advice on state affairs, but openly accuses this battle of being an unjust war, if the news reaches the broken leaves, shakes the hearts of the army and the people, the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, the gains and losses of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, now is the critical time for thousands of safety and danger to gather on the front line, can only be encouraged and not discouraged, But this man ignorant of the times and advocating the injustice of war, is it true that everyone is drunk but he is the only one who is awake?

Zhang Huan was tired after a hard day, he was already exhausted, but now he suddenly jumped out of a spoiler, he was distraught and furious for a while, if this person is not severely punished, it will inevitably attract more people who endanger the overall situation, "Come on!" He shouted.

Ma Yuanying was so frightened that she shrank in the corner of the carriage and didn't dare to take a breath, at this time, a guard officer immediately stepped forward to listen to the order, "Obey Your Majesty's order." ”

Zhang Huan didn't speak for a long time, although he was the emperor, but the appointment and dismissal of officials below the fourth grade was the authority of the Xiangguo and the Ministry of Officials, he did not have the right to directly recall, which is secondly, if this person is dismissed immediately, it will make a big deal in the court, which is not conducive to the current war.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh in his heart. He waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I'm a little tired." Ordered the car to accelerate. ”

Long Yuan sped up, drove over a stone bridge, and slowly stopped in front of the Ayaki Palace. This is the queen's bedroom, and Zhang Huan returns to the palace every day. Always come here to eat, Pei Ying also came back from Taiji Palace not long ago, at noon a eunuch came to report that the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu of Ningde was seriously ill, and she immediately went to visit. I talked to her all afternoon.

She was arranging dinner when suddenly the palace maid came to report. His Majesty has returned, and seems to be in a bad mood.

Pei Ying didn't know what was going on, so she hurriedly greeted her, and didn't go far before she saw her husband coming angrily, she hurriedly smiled and said, "The concubine greets Your Majesty." ”

"The queen is exempt!" His wife's smile made Zhang Huan's anger subside a little, and he suddenly realized that the anger of the court could not be brought home, so he sulked, waved his hand and said, "I'm a little hungry, are you ready for dinner?" ”

"The concubine is ready, please dine on Your Majesty."

Pei Ying turned around and went back to the room with a light movement. Lay out a cushion for her husband herself. "Your Majesty, please be seated."

Zhang Huan shook his head and smiled: "Don't be so polite, make me feel uncomfortable." Just like at a state banquet, it's better to order casually at home. ”

"That's why the concubine personally laid a cushion for you!" Pei Ying pursed her lips and smiled, picked up the wine jug again, and poured him a glass of wine with her little finger, "Don't you feel at home when you go to illness?" ”

His wife was by his side to serve him to eat, feeling its plump and moving delicate body and a faint fragrance of orchid, which was a taste he was very familiar with, Zhang Huan's heart gradually calmed down, and the fatigue and troubles of the day were comforted by his wife's faint warmth, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.

"Eat slowly before you get sick, I'll go to see Qiu'er, and I'll come right away."

Pei Ying arranged her husband, walked quickly to the door, went out of the door, turned a corner and went to her daughter's room, she pushed open a crack and looked, and saw her daughter lying sideways in the curtain tent sleeping soundly, and her nurse was sitting on the side embroidering the gold thread purse, did not notice the arrival of the queen's mother, Pei Ying smiled, and quietly closed the door.

She was worried about her husband, so she hurriedly walked to the dining hall, and when she walked to the door, she saw Ma Yuanying standing with her hands down with a sad face, as if she had made a big mistake, her heart moved, and she asked Ma Yuanying in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what's wrong today, it seems that you are in a bad mood, is something wrong?" ”

"Originally, Cui Xiangguo gave His Majesty a book of exhortations, and His Majesty was in a bad mood after reading it, so he blamed the slave for a lot of trouble." Ma Yuanying was extremely frustrated, and she knew that she wouldn't accept Cui Yudi's excerpt.

Pei Ying nodded thoughtfully, turned around and entered the room, and seeing that her husband had already started eating, she slowly walked closer, sat down opposite him and said with a smile: "Why don't you drink when you get sick, let's have another drink!" The concubine will also accompany you for a drink. ”

"What is Qiu'er doing?" Zhang Huan took a bite of food and asked a little vaguely, "Why didn't you come to see her father?" ”

"You came back late today, and the little one fell asleep when he couldn't wait, huh! You eat slowly, don't choke. Pei Ying gave her husband a chopstick dish, and looked at her husband's gobbling up with pity, this is the husband she likes, just like when he was in Wuwei, she poured herself a glass of wine, and gave him a full wine glass, and said with a smile: "Qi'er is very hard-working, it's been almost two hours since she practiced calligraphy, go and see him after eating for a while, you two haven't seen each other for several days, and he said in the afternoon that he wanted to learn from his father!" ”

"Really? What did he want to learn from me? Zhang Huan cleaned up the rice in two bites, and then picked up the wine glass again and asked with interest.

"There are many places to learn, such as learning from my father's diligence, learning from my father's frugality, learning from my father's humble advice, and so on." Pei Ying took a sip of wine and said with a slight smile, her snow-white face suddenly flew a touch of red.

The four words of humble admonition poked Zhang Huan's heart, and stayed with his wife for a while, his fatigue and troubles for a day gradually disappeared, and his anger slowly calmed down, he put down his wine glass and sighed: "It's really annoying to say, these days the war of broken leaves is tight, everyone saves money to support the front line, and even the queen leads the harem to sew shoes and socks winter clothes for the soldiers, everyone is united, but there is a person who does not know the current affairs, a person from the county captain of Bapin County who slammed the broken leaves as an unjust war, accusing the people of hurting money, Originally, this kind of opposition was not impossible, if it had been raised before the war, maybe I would not have been angry and would have praised him, but now that the war is in full swing, he has loudly objected, will he let the soldiers of the Broken Leaf Land surrender to the Great Cannibal? Wouldn't ending the war cost the people and money? I'm angry with this, it's happened, everyone should unite as one, that is, to settle accounts, and they should wait until the war is over to accuse me, but at this time, people think that he is grandstanding, and it spoils my good mood. ”

Pei Ying smiled and said nothing, and poured another glass of wine for her husband, "Your Majesty is tired, rest early tonight, and deal with this matter tomorrow." ”

Zhang Huan picked up the wine glass and looked at his wife, "What, do you think I wronged him." ”

Pei Ying shook her head, "The concubine doesn't know anything, how can she draw conclusions!" Maybe he was on this fold before the war, but because people were soft-spoken, he didn't let His Majesty see it until now. ”

Zhang Huan seemed to remember something, he took the book from the side again, turned the first page and saw a sentence that he ignored, Weichen is playing for the third time, I hope Your Majesty can hear Weichen's heartfelt words

The third time! Zhang Huan frowned slightly, he already knew that he had wronged this person, but his face was a little uncomfortable, and he was silent for a while.

Pei Ying saw that he had realized, so he patiently persuaded him: "Your Majesty, no matter how good things are, there will always be a negative side, and there will inevitably be people who will see it and point it out for Your Majesty, which is a good thing, so I am afraid that everyone will be united, and everyone will cheer Your Majesty's Shengming, and in the end, Your Majesty will be accustomed to flattery, and occasionally there will be noise, Your Majesty will be angry, thinking that this is destroying the overall situation, but if Your Majesty really disposes of this person, I am afraid that no one will dare to tell the truth in the future, and the concubines often listen to Your Majesty's words and take Emperor Taizong as an example, As everyone knows, Emperor Taizong has achieved the rule of Zhenguan because of his humble admonition, Your Majesty, the concubines and concubines are heartfelt, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

"I know I'm wrong." Zhang Huan drank the wine in his hand and sighed long: "Actually, I should have thought that since I can see this excerpt, it means that the Xiangguo have also seen it, if it is really grandstanding, will a small excerpt from the Bapin County Lieutenant Xiangguo still present it?" Tomorrow I will talk to the Xiangguo about this matter, today I am really a little tired, so I will rest here with the queen. ”

With that, he put down his glass, stood up, and smiled, "Before resting, I will go to see my son and tell him about my age and his age." ”

"The concubine will serve Your Majesty well tonight." Pei Ying smiled, took her husband's arm, and the husband and wife walked quickly towards their son's study.

(Note: The Uighur people are the ancestors of today's Uygur people, who lived in Mobei, and were wiped out by the Hugsi people in 846 and split into three branches, one moved to Turpan and Hami to form today's Uygurs, one moved to the northeast to integrate with the Khitans, and one went south to form the Wanggu tribe, and the ancestors of today's Yugur people are also a branch of the Uighurs.) ）

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